Oysters and Sea Life From Connecticut Bays to New York Markets
An old oysterman discusses Connecticut oyster beds, dredging, grading, and shell beds, noting public beds within a mile of shore, private beds twelve miles out, and summer harvest cycles. He praises Blue Point oysters, describes barge operations on the North River, and explains handling from harvest to market amid foreign competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Press Association
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Sound
Princess Bay
Shrewsbury
Raritan River
Norwalk
Rockaway
Blue Point
Virginia
Jersey
New York
North River
Fair Haven
Conn
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Chicago
Kansas City
Detroit
St. Louis
United States
New Jersey
Salem
Paris
America
Long Island
Rhode Island
Boston
Felix G. DE FonTaixe
Prominent Leaders in New York Central Strike
The article profiles key figures in the New York Central railway labor dispute. H. Walter Webb, under forty and an attorney, represents the company’s interests and is the third vice president. On the opposing side, Frank P. Sargent and Eugene V. Debs lead the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen with noted diplomatic skill and executive ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railway
Sargent. Webb
Debs
H. Walter Webb
Webb
Frank P. Sargent
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
Eugene V. Debs
Terre Haute
Ind
Sargent
Toucey
The
Central
TWO PROMINENT CHAUTAUQUANS LEWIS MILLER AND CHAUTAUQUA
Prominent Chautauquans Lewis Miller of Akron and Bishop Vincent shaped the Chautauqua idea. Miller built a model Sunday school in Akron and, with Vincent, advanced plans for a world wide educational movement. Dr W A Duncan stabilized Chautauqua finances and expanded its reach with reforms and a southern branch near Albany Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Vincent
M. E. Church
Vincent
Lewis Miller
Akron
Miller
Greentown
O. Ile
Methodist Sunday School
Canton
Chautauqua
Ohio State Sunday School Union
Mount Union College
Ohio
Mina
Thomas A. Edison
W. A. Duncan
Syracuse
N. Y
Dr. Duncan
A. K. Warren
Assembly
Will
Duncan
Albany
Atlanta
Chautanquy
Harrison
Chauncey M. Depew
Sketching as crime witness aids capture in Bow Street
An artist remembered for fast accurate observation sketched a highwayman he saw on a London street. Returning home he drew the robber's face and sent the sketch to Bow Street. The thief was captured within two weeks, due to the portrait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jhunda
Dacoit
Robin Hood
Meerut
Mulready
London
Bow Street
Old Man Scoring Orders in Downtown Eatery
A Bostonian wanderer sits daily from noon to six in a downtown restaurant, jotting orders on a paper with a pencil. He scores “pork and Boston” and “New York style” orders to track patronage, an odd habit tied to a lost fortune and mind. The owner notes his mood shifts with daily results and his curious chatter draws questions from patrons.
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Zellap
New York
Boston
New York Herald
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Alfred Wilkeson
Dominion
NEW York Central
Gen. Sheridan
Sheridan
Canada
New York Sun
Lyona Decima
Veronica Exyth
Undine
Cyssa Hylda
Rowena
Adela Thyra
Ursula Ysabel
Bianche
Lelias Dysart
Mabel Helmingham
Ethel Huntingtower
Beatrice Blazonberrie
Evangeline Wise de Lou de Orellana
Toedmag
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Lyneph Ydwallo
Odin Nester
Egbert Lyonel Toedmag
Hugh Erchenwyne Saxon
Esa Cromwell Orma Nevill Dysart Plantagenet
Harper's Bazar
Thomas
New York World
Norwich Bulletin
Uncle Ebony
Chas. H. Padley
Eline
Padley
Red Rock
Red Rock, Montana
Emerson Hill
Prop'r
Bed Rock
Montana
Aphro Medicine CO
Western Nranch
Portland
White
Dillon
Enope
Aual
Crowell & Nuckolls
Dillon, Mont
Helena
Tae Posse
Pagsr Reneessl Board
Pernin
Ter Jenelie
Tite
Pace
H. T
Engelhorn
M. A
Prin
College of Montana
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School of Mines
Conservatory of Music and Art
D. J. McMillan
D.D
Deer Lodge
Mon
Parish
Aeiaeonsee Geo, Woodworth
Isdom, Mont
Bix Mole Basin
Beaverhead Co
Pugx Pull
Matzel ZL Co
Syenee
Aleo the & Paxson
S-P
R. H. Haine
Hillem
Mont Brand
Rattlesnake Creek
Leaverhead
TEK
Fhorkea
Pirat
Sia Big Hole
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Oscar Welcher
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Madison Co
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